Our beloved Joan, passed away peacefully in Tustin, CA on Wednesday, January 23, 2013 after
a battle with cancer. Joan was born April 7, 1931 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, daughter of Helen and Arthur Cappelen. She attended West High School and University of...

Sharon Boston, media relations manager at University of Maryland Medical Center, normally spends her days fielding requests from the media. But when it comes to weekends and vacations, it's a safe bet that she's on the road, traveling to visit homes...

Hudson Lewton Scott, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, uncle and friend passed away Saturday, January 12, 2013 at the age of 89.
Hudson was born in Sioux City, Iowa on Christmas Eve, December 24, 1923. He was born at home during a...

Steampunk, we hardly knew ye.
Just as the gadgety Victorian-industrial aesthetic becomes a household term ? to the point that paint company Sherwin-Williams declared a moody steampunk palette a 2013 trend ? its very popularity threatens to make brass gears, pulleys and Edison bulbs passe.
Such is the fate of trends, alas. It's cool until too many people like it.
But here's the thing: Though Justin Bieber's steampunk-inspired Christmas video last year might have driven purists to claw their aviator-...

Ten members of the Burbank Road Kings took a road trip of a charitable kind the Sunday before Christmas. They played Santa Claus, but instead of arriving by sleigh, they delivered a special gift to a woman in need via classic vehicles.
The car club wanted to help a family this holiday season and heard about Sarah Haynes through local businessman Charlie Cusumano, who supports projects to help the military. Haynes served four years as a Marine and is now in the reserves while she cares for her mother...

1.) Our Olympians: No one made us prouder this year than the capable athletes, coaches and announcers from Newport Beach, Costa Mesa and Irvine who represented Team USA in the 2012 Summer Olympics Games in London. They grew up, trained or live here. Costa Mesa even gave out street signs named after its stars. So instead of just one person at No. 1, we have a whole Irvine and Newport-Mesa team.
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Women's beach volleyball
Misty May-Treanor (Newport Harbor High)
April Ross (Harbor)
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Track &...

Today is a rare opportunity for The Prospector to play Santa Claus, sorta, and so it is time to dole out some much deserved gifts to the prospects of Central Florida.
It would be nice for several members of this year’s Sentinel Central Florida Super60 to receive some gifts from the scholarship Santa under the tree this morning.
One of the prospects who first comes to mind is Malik Smith, one of the most deserving players of college attention in the Orlando area. It was nice to see him in the...

The warehouse offices are officially closed today for Christmas Day, one of the only truly inactive days of the hot stove season.
The Orioles still have a roster spot available on the 40-man. I don't expect it to be filled today, unless Santa Claus has some Independent League experience.
So instead, we will take the opportunity to thank you -- the readers -- for following us throughout the year, from the January rumors to spring training throughout a long regular season and, this year, through the...

Waiting at Patient First this morning for my bronchitis to be diagnosed, I was trapped in an examining room listening to Christmas music.
There was also a small child in a nearby room screaming in pain and panic, and that helped me to understand what Mary and Joseph must have thought about that kid with his damn drum.* Withal, I arrived at a fresh understanding of the importance of this music.
That "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" prefigures the surveillance state has long been understood, but I had...